The Solid Waste
District provides free one quart or one gallon sharps boxes to
residents who
use needles and lancets. Once a sharps box is full, you can bring
it to one of eight Franklin County locations, and pick up an empty
sharps
box to take home. This program is open to residents of Bernardston,
Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Erving, Gill,
Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Montague, New Salem,
Northfield, Orange, Rowe, Shelburne, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell, and
Whately. There is no charge to residents for use of the program. You
may use whichever collection site is most convenient for you.

Safe disposal of sharps protects
recycling and trash collection workers, as well as family members of sharps
users. Help us prevent unintended needle sticks – use our sharps collection
program from now on.